Written answers

Wednesday, 21 November 2012

Croke Park AgreementTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if changes will be put in place to the process for auditing of savings under the Croke Park Agreement in advance of the next implementation...

State PropertiesTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the measure he plans to take to ensure more efficient use of State buildings in view of the reduction in the number of State employees...

Public Private PartnershipsTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the demand he sees for participation in public private partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51638/12]

State AgenciesTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has identified additional State agencies that can be rationalised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51651/12]

Public Sector Staff NumbersTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the areas in which he has identified surplus numbers such that they will be targeted under his recently announced public sector voluntary...

Commercial RatesTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress that has been made in the revaluation of the commercial rates system; when a review of commercial rates in County Wexford will...

Banking Sector RemunerationTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the annual pension payment for 2011 paid to Dick Spring, Tom Considine, Joe Walsh, Ray MacSharry and Margaret Hayes. [51545/12]

Public Sector ReformTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has completed his review of the grading structure of the civil service and public service; and if he will provide details of his plan...

Parliamentary InquiriesTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects the Banking Inquiry to be established; his plans to set up a special committee of investigation for same; if he will be...

Oireachtas Members' SalariesTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to review allowances paid to Oireachtas members. [51543/12]

Public Sector ReformTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his views on whether there has been a substantial increase in recent years in the number of citizens who feel forced to make representations...

Commercial RatesTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider amending the Valuation (Amendment)(No. 2) Bill 2012 to include an ability to pay clause based on economic hardship and an...

Public Sector RecruitmentTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he is concerned by the potential long term impact on recruitment and retention in the public sector from the range of reductions in pay...

Public Sector PensionsTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to increase the public service pension reduction bands applied to high paid public sector pensions. [51542/12]

Parliamentary InquiriesTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in the context of last year's rejection by referendum of increased powers for Oireachtas inquiries, his views on whether the proposed Houses...

Public Sector AllowancesTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made in respect of reform of public sector allowances; the savings he expects to make in this area in 2012 and 2013; and if he...

Departmental Staff RemunerationTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider withdrawing the special TLAC pension provisions of an additional lump sum payment of half a years salary and up to ten...

Croke Park AgreementTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform when he expects negotiations to commence on a successor to the Croke Park Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51648/12]

Semi-State Sector RemunerationTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the number of former semi-State agency executives or employees, on an agency basis, in receipt of pensions in...

Public Procurement ContractsTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps he is taking to assist small business to obtain public contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51424/12]

Expenditure ReviewsTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if any public service cuts he is considering in Budget 2013 will be weighed up against the possible impact on front line services and on the...

Top Level Appointments CommitteeTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to make any further changes to the Top Level Appointments Committee. [51551/12]

Public Service RedeploymentTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the redeployment taking place across the system as stated in his progress on the implementation of the...

Ethics LegislationTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide an update on the work completed to date by his Department with regards to his commitment to overhaul the existing...

Parliamentary InquiriesTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a brief comparison between the Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Bill 2012 provisions and...

Public Sector ReformTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received outsourcing plans from Health, Education , Justice and Local Government; if he will provide the short-list developed by...

Departmental ExpenditureTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a list of the Government Departments that have agreed to his request to publish purchase orders over €20,000; and...

Flood Prevention MeasuresTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the steps being taken to address flood risks within the Shannon basin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51425/12]

Public ProcurementTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the progress made through reform of the procurement services throughout the country; the method that has been applied and the savings that...

Proposed LegislationTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will consider including the following definition of good faith in the Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest Bill 2012, a thing...

Semi-State Sector RemunerationTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have...

Oireachtas Members' SalariesTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to reduce the annual salary paid to Deputies, Senators and Ministers. [51544/12]

Public Sector ReformTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of days annual leave that employees are permitted to carry over to a following year; the timescale in which they are required to...

Public Sector PensionsTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he intends to review current public sector pension abatement legislation. [51546/12]

Public Sector ReformTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide the governance model for public sector reform initiated by him. [51550/12]

Proposed LegislationTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will set out the amendments that he intends to make to the Construction Contracts Bill. [51554/12]

Diplomatic RepresentationTo ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of staff working in the Irish Embassy in Abu Dhabi, New Delhi, Vienna and Ankara; if he will provide same as of 1...

Military NeutralityTo ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will incorporate the 1907 Hague Convention V regarding the rights and duties of neutral States into Irish domestic law...

Departmental AgenciesTo ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis...

Tax CollectionTo ask the Minister for Finance the amount raised in 2011 from the domicile levy; the amount raised in each year since the introduction of same; the number of persons who have paid the levy each...

Organised CrimeTo ask the Minister for Finance if he has studied the presentation by the former Assistant Garda Commissioner Tony Hickey at the Oireachtas Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Committee on 15...

Tax CodeTo ask the Minister for Finance if he will consider making defibrillators a zero rated or VAT exempt item; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51720/12]

Banking Sector RemunerationTo ask the Minister for Finance if any correspondence has been entered into with Allied Irish bank, Bank of Ireland and any other banks in which the State has a stake, calling on senior staff to...

Departmental AgenciesTo ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide the contents of all return correspondence from the National Treasury Management Agency in response to correspondence calling for senior staff to...

Tax YieldTo ask the Minister for Finance with regard to the one percent levy on life funds, the amount that has been collected to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51747/12]

Tax RebatesTo ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding correspondence sent by a person (details supplied) in Dublin 11 to the Revenue Commissioners regarding an application for a refund of DIRT....

National Asset Management AgencyTo ask the Minister for Finance if the National Assets Management Agency can provide a geographical analysis of their advances to developers, both approved advances and actual cash advanced, to...

Tax ReliefsTo ask the Minister for Finance if he will extend the deadline for the mortgage tax relief for first-time buyers as many first-time buyers are waiting for the various interested parties to...

Ministerial MeetingsTo ask the Minister for Finance the number of meetings he has had with the chairmen and chief executives of all the covered banks, individually and collectively, since he became Minister for...

Exchequer RevenueTo ask the Minister for Finance the amount of every euro spent in the State that remains in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51825/12]

Semi-State Sector RemunerationTo ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have salaries of more than...

Education SchemesTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in view of the skills gap amongst Irish citizens in terms of filling technology sector jobs and the scaling down of projects designed to stimulate...

Student Support SchemesTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide an alternative to the Student Assistance Fund which will cease to exist after 2013 and his plan to make further cuts to the...

Third Level FeesTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to the consequences that come with raising the student contribution charge. [51673/12]

Student Grant Scheme EligibilityTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a person (details supplied) was originally told they were eligible to apply for a student grant even though they were attending Dublin...

Student Grant Scheme ApplicationsTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding the application for a student grant in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal. [51679/12]

Vocational Education CommitteesTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason a vocational education committee (details supplied) is not tendering for heating oil and instead is extending its contract with the...

Public Sector Staff RedeploymentTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills regarding the additional staff working in the Student Universal Support Ireland, if they received the necessary training, the type of training they...

Literacy LevelsTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills the policies, programmes and practices in place to address the findings of the last international survey on adult literacy that showed one in four...

Special Educational NeedsTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will confirm that a person (details supplied) is not employed by the Special Education Support Service but is in fact on part-time secondment...

Teaching QualificationsTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers working here who have a postgraduate qualification in ABA; the number of teachers who have received funding to study ABA at...

Special Educational NeedsTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills the circumstances under which a principal or teacher is obliged to implement the recommendations of a psychological or medical professional; and the...

Third Level FeesTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills if arrangements will be made for discretion to be applied in cases where those who may be refused Student Universal Support Ireland grants following...

Education, Quality AssuranceTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will explain the inspection and monitoring arrangements that are in place in establishments providing FETAC courses to ensure proper standards...

School AccommodationTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he has received any representations from the board or management of a school (details supplied) in relation to disability access; and if he will...

Departmental CorrespondenceTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason eleven separate letters and emails to his Department have not been answered in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Longford;...

Education PolicyTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he intends to carry out the recommendation for the Higher Education Authority report on Initial Teacher Education to remove home economics initial...

Student Support SchemesTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the mounting difficulties students have in accessing their grants, if he will continue to fund the student assistance fund beyond 2013....

Semi-State Sector RemunerationTo ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have salaries of...

Public Sector AllowancesTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if rates of public sector allowances benefitted from the benchmarking process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51781/12]

Public Sector StaffTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department can oversee and address any impact of staff reductions on the quality and delivery of service in key areas...

Insurance CostsTo ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the extent to which his Department has examined the insurance costs, public liability or otherwise affecting the areas of responsibility...

Farm SafetyTo ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the farm safety campaign will be extended to include school children and older farmers; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Industrial DevelopmentTo ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if Ireland has the capacity to develop additive manufacturing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51656/12]

Employment RightsTo ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if the rights of domestic workers will be protected by the ratification of the Domestic Workers’ ILO Convention, if Irish laws will...

Youth Enterprise InitiativesTo ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plan he has to encourage youth entrepreneurship; if the Government has any plans to set up a youth entrepreneurship fund; if he sees...

Industrial DevelopmentTo ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding a request by Monaghan County Council (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51754/12]

Economic CompetitivenessTo ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if his officials have made any recommendations following the most recent report from the National Competitiveness Council; if there are any...

Action Plan for JobsTo ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on the his Department's commitments under the Action Plan for Jobs. [47372/12]

Job CreationTo ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the role his Department officials have in relation to job creation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47228/12]

Semi-State Sector RemunerationTo ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have...

Redundancy StatisticsTo ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide sectoral breakdowns of redundancy statistics for 2012 which have been delayed due to a transition to a new IT system; and if she will...

Residency PermitsTo ask the Minister for Social Protection the length of time a British Citizen need to reside here in order for their habitual residence application to be accepted; and if she will make a...

Social Welfare BenefitsTo ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a British citizen (details supplied) Dublin 1 who has worked here before but whose job has since ceased has a PPS number and is in a...

State Pension (Contributory)To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will identify the annual anticipated savings arising from changes introduced from 1 September 2012 to certain rates and PRSI contribution bands...

Invalidity Pension AppealsTo ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for invalidity pension appeal will be finalised in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Tipperary; and if she will make a...

State Pension (Contributory)To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide up to date costings regarding backdating the home-makers scheme to 1964; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51676/12]

Disability Allowance AppealsTo ask the Minister for Social Protection when a decision on a disability allowance appeal will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Clare; and if she will make a statement on the...

Departmental OfficesTo ask the Minister for Social Protection following the closure of the Community Welfare Service clinic in an area (details supplied) in County Meath, if she will provide the details of the...

Carer's Allowance DelaysTo ask the Minister for Social Protection further to an application for the carer's allowance by a person (details supplied), if she is satisfied that it is acceptable for the applicant to...

Invalidity Pension AppealsTo ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Cork has had their entitlement to invalidity pension withdrawn; and if she will make a statement on the...

Carer's Allowance ApplicationsTo ask the Minister for Social Protection when an application for carer's allowance will be assessed in respect of a person (details supplied) and if she will expedite a decision on same. [51761/12]

Illness Benefit ApplicationsTo ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for illness benefit in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a statement...

Carer's Allowance ApplicationsTo ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Longford; and if she will make a...

Jobseeker's Allowance PaymentsTo ask the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and the current weekly cost of payments; the number of adult dependent payments and the current...

Family Income Supplement EligibilityTo ask the Minister for Social Protection if the processing of family income supplement has been ceased until after Christmas; and if so, the reason for same. [51923/12]

Semi-State Sector RemunerationTo ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have salaries of more...

Inland FisheriesTo ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the details of salmon catches on rivers (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51663/12]

Broadband ServicesTo ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of non-residential business users with access to broadband across the State and the percentage of non residential...

Broadcasting ServicesTo ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide an update on the expected deficit of RTÉ and if it will be approximately €57 million as...

Semi-State Sector RemunerationTo ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis...

Water MetersTo ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there are plans in place by either his Department or by Irish Water to hold a trade fair in relation to water metering, in...

Energy SchemesTo ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will reconsider the situation were funding is made available to local authorities to bring vacant housing stock up to...

Rural DevelopmentTo ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in respect of the Commission for the Economic Development of Rural Areas, if he will provide the terms of reference for the...

Tenant Purchase SchemeTo ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if the issue of the purchase of houses by tenants of cooperative housing schemes will be considered as part of the recently...

Water and Sewerage SchemesTo ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact that earlier this year Sligo County Council received tenders for the work for the...

Local Authority FundingTo ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if his attention has been drawn to the fact a letter of the 2 November 2012 to the Sligo County Manager, his Department...

Homeless PersonsTo ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide the most up to date homelessness figures for Counties Limerick, Cork and Kerry, for the period of October...

Commercial RatesTo ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the measures he has proposed for Galway City Council to levy rates on vacant properties; and if he will make a statement on the...

Local Authority FundingTo ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the amount that has been budgeted for Dublin City Council to fund the Dublin Region Homeless Executive each year since 2008;...

Semi-State Sector RemunerationTo ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis...

Property RegistrationsTo ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his plans to produce a register similar to the residential property price register detailing information regarding the sale of land or sites; and if...

Asylum ApplicationsTo ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an asylum application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; the reason for this delay; and if he will make...

Crime PreventionTo ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has studied the presentation by the former Assistant Garda Commissioner Tony Hickey at the Oireachtas Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Committee...

Human Rights CommitteesTo ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the names all of the independent human rights committees other than the European Court of Human Rights under the aegis of the Council of Europe and...

Garda DeploymentTo ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if a full-time Garda will be assigned to the Waterville area as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51760/12]

Garda OperationsTo ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount of fireworks seized by Gardai in the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and to date in 2012; the monetary value of the seized fireworks; the...

Garda TransportTo ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if the Divisional Officer in the Garda Northern Division of the Dublin Region has requested any station in either the R or J Districts to receive...

Magdalene LaundriesTo ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the date on which the report of the Inter-Departmental Committee on State involvement in Magdalene Laundries will be published; and if he will make a...

Visa ApplicationsTo ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the position regarding an application for permission to reside in the State on the basis of civil partnership with an Irish national in respect of a...

Domestic ViolenceTo ask the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the signing and ratifying of the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence;...

Semi-State Sector RemunerationTo ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have salaries of...

Food LabellingTo ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the proposals, if any, with the European Commission in relation to the need to introduce proper labelling for poultry...

Single Payment Scheme PaymentsTo ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when single farm payment for 2011 will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on...

Common Agricultural PolicyTo ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if cross compliance FÁS training, post 2013, will be funded under CAP Pillar 2; the steps he will take to ensure such funding will be...

Agri-Environment Options Scheme ConditionsTo ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason applicants under the agri environment options scheme 3 cannot apply for funding to undertake different work within the same...

Live ExportsTo ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine If he will restore the live trade to Libya, Egypt and the Lebanon which will provide vital price competition and outlets for stock; and if...

Farm Household IncomesTo ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his plans to assist farmers, where in some sectors their incomes will be down as much as 30% as a result of the bad weather, rising feed...

Special Protection AreasTo ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Cork. [51706/12]

Commonage DivisionTo ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm that the proposals regarding the minimum and maximum stocking rates for sheep has now been deferred until there is...

Agri-Environment Options Scheme ConditionsTo ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason persons applying for the agri environment options scheme have to submit the original equine passports to the Department's...

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme PaymentsTo ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 13 November 2012, when payment of a disadvantaged area aid payment will issue to a person...

Disadvantaged Areas Scheme ApplicationsTo ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an area aid application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement...

Nitrates Derogation ApplicationsTo ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when payment for derogation 2012 will issue to a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Semi-State Sector RemunerationTo ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have...

Hospital StaffTo ask the Minister for Health when funding will be made available to a hospital (details supplied) to provide a paediatric diabetic clinic nurse specialist; his views on whether the current lack...

Health ServicesTo ask the Minister for Health the number of adults are being funded by the Health Service Executive in 2012 to receive specialist care in facilities outside the State; if he will provide details...

Homeless PersonsTo ask the Minister for Health if he will provide the most up to date homelessness figures for Counties Limerick, Cork and Kerry, for the period of October 2011-October 2012, in tabular form...

Tuberculosis IncidenceTo ask the Minister for Health the facilities available in Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Tallaght Hospital, St. Vincent's; St. James' and Connolly Memorial Blanchardstown to treat patients who...

Medical Card ReviewTo ask the Minister for Health the reason more than 7,000 medical card holders aged over 70 years in County Donegal were recently written to by the Health Service Executive and informed that...

Hospital StaffTo ask the Minister for Health if funding will be made available in 2013 under the clinical care programme for the establishment of a full time paediatric diabetic clinical nurse specialist for...

Homelessness StrategyTo ask the Minister for Health the amount the Health Service Executive has contributed to the Dublin Region Homeless Executive each year since 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Hospital StaffTo ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the promised and urgently needed podiatry post at Mullingar Regional Hospital, County Westmeath, which was sanctioned in April 2012...

Hospital ServicesTo ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a hospital appointment in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51819/12]

Home Help ServiceTo ask the Minister for Health the terms of reference of the review of the provision of home help and home support packages in Counties Louth and Meath [51821/12]

Semi-State Sector RemunerationTo ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have salaries of more than...

Rail ServicesTo ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding train fares and the disproportionate fare charged by Iarnród Éireann for commuters in and out of Laytown...

Sports Capital ProgrammeTo ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a sports capital programme 2012 application in respect of a club (details supplied) in County Cavan; and if he will...

Bus ServicesTo ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if additional bus stops will be added to the Dublin real time passenger display signs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51768/12]

Semi-State Sector RemunerationTo ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide details of the number of semi-State and State agency executives and employees on an agency by agency basis that have...